Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865
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SECRET SESSION. he House being in secret session, Mr. Dargan, under a suspension of the rules, moved that the bill to ratify and confirm a contract entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury on the part of the Confederate States and Messrs. Emile Erlanger & Co., be recommitted to the Select Committee on the For- eign Loan. The motion was agreed to. . , ■, The House then resumed the consideration of the special order; which was the bill to levy additional taxes for the common defense and supp...ort of the Government. ^ ■■ ., n „ . Mr. Swan, under a suspension of the rules, offered the follotving resolution; which was adopted, viz: Resolved That debate on the amendments of the committee be limited to five min- utes, and that no member be allowed to address thS House more than once on any amendment. 666 JOtJftNAt 6P THE [Jan. 22, I86i, The first amendment of the committee was agreed to as follows, viz: Insert, in line 11, section 1, after the word " Promded," the Words "That on all such property within the Confederacy owned by one not a citizen of the Confederate States, or by a citizen of the Confederate States residing outside of the Confederacy, atid not in the public service, the tax* shall be ten per cent; And promded." The second amendment, which is as follows, viz: In line 16, section 1, strike out the word "three" and insert "two," was agreed to.
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